Webcam from a nuthatch

[Aafke]

This is the webcam from a nestbox, a pair of nuthatches is busy in and around the nestbox. At the moment you can see the female, she's busy with closing the big hole, she's doing it with different kind of material like ground, mud, cow poo and even dogpoo.
It's a live webcam and there is sound!!! Very nice. There are 2 camera's, 1 inside and 1 outside.

http://www.beleefdelente.nl/boomklever

greetings Aafke         

[Donna]

How cool is this. Thanks Aafke and welcome back!

[Aafke]

Thanks Donna, I'm happy to be back, specially to see Archer and Beauty and all other webcams.

The nuthatch is doing a great job, the hole is almost closed. Today the nuthatch did a lot of work by bringing pieces of branches inside and making them smaller and digging in the pile of branches.
greetings Aafke

[carla]

Hi Aafke,

I was so busy watching the Oehoe that I missed the whole thing about the nuthatch.The Oehoe has at least one hatchling,how do you call them in English? Owlschicken ?

Thanks Carla

[Aafke]

Hi Aafke,

I was so busy watching the Oehoe that I missed the whole thing about the nuthatch.The Oehoe has at least one hatchling,how do you call them in English? Owlschicken ?

Thanks Carla

That's a nice idea Carla, but the right word is owlets. I also looked a lot at the Oehoe (Eurasian Eagle-Owl) Yesterday morning I woke up at 6 and went to the computer to look at them (how stupid or is it addicted can you be?)

[carla]

Hi Aafke,

I was so busy watching the Oehoe that I missed the whole thing about the nuthatch.The Oehoe has at least one hatchling,how do you call them in English? Owlschicken ?

Thanks Carla

That's a nice idea Carla, but the right word is owlets. I also looked a lot at the Oehoe (Eurasian Eagle-Owl) Yesterday morning I woke up at 6 and went to the computer to look at them (how stupid or is it addicted can you be?)

It might be stupid because you can be tired the rest of the day,but it is because you are addicted.
I did it twice last week.Greetings Carla

[Aafke]

The first egg for the nuthatch.
It was a hard job for the female, you can see it on a movie, at the right, the movie with
 07-04: eerste ei !!

http://www.beleefdelente.nl/boomklever

greetings Aafke

[Aafke]

The eggs of the nuthatch are hatching at the moment.
You can see a piece of one baby under the mother.
The mother left the nest and I could see a few babies with punky hair

http://www.beleefdelente.nl/boomklever

greetings Aafke

[Donna]

Very cool Aafke but the ants are crawling all over them.....poor babies. Ants find their way to anything. 

Little vultures!

[Donna]

Oh and the owl cam...poor mama is trying to get out but bad pigeon keeps hitting with her wing...

[Donna]

http://www.beleefdelente.nl/kerkuil

and the 1st video here, the dad Barn Owl brought in a LIVE mouse or mole and it's running around the nest! 

[Aafke]

The babies of the nutharch are growing very fast. De oldest baby is thirteen days now. The weather is very bad, it's cold and it's raining, that makes it difficult for the parents to find food and to keep the babies warm.
greetings Aafke